Designer Antonio De Rosa has announced that he received a call and an email from an Apple lawyer demanding that he modify some of his product concepts due to their high level of realism, particularly his concept for the “iPhone Air.”
“I received a call from an Apple lawyer who asked me to adapt some of my concepts because they were considered too realistic,” Antonio De Rosa said of X.
The designer, known for his work on potential Apple products, shared the news on social media, sparking a discussion about the intersection of design, intellectual property and consumer expectations.
I received a call from an Apple lawyer asking me to adjust some of my concepts because they were considered too realistic. pic.twitter.com/e5PGOVT7tj
— Antonio De Rosa (@aderosa75) 15 August 2024
MacDailyNews Opinion: Hmm… Hello again, Streisand effect!
De Rosa’s “iPhone Air” concept page is currently unavailable, but thanks to the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine, we can see for ourselves what all the fuss is about:
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